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B. E. TAYLOR.

COMBINED BARREL CLAMP AND HOOK.

No. 336,357. Patented Feb. 16, 1886.

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UNITED STATES EDlVAR-D E. TAYLOR, OF NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO JAMES S. HAZARD, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED BARREL CLAMP AND HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,357, dated February16, 1.886.

Application filed October 28, 1885. Serial No. 181,140. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, EDWARD E. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newport, in the county of Newport and State of Rhode Island,have invented a certain new and useful Combined Barrel Clamp and Hook,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improve ments in a combined barrelclamp and hook, particularly intended for use in hoisting barrels,casks, and the like, but capable of use in hoisting other merchandise.

In the accompanying drawings, in the several figures of which like partsare designated by similar letters of reference, Figure 1 is a side viewof a barrel suspended by two of my barrel-clamps,and showing the methodof hoisting when the hook-shaped ends are employed to grasp the barrel.Fig. 2 is a similar view of a barrel, showing by full lines how thebarrel can be hoisted when only one clamp is used, and by dotted lineshow it can be kept in an upright position during the hoisting operationwhen two clamps are used, and the barrel is grasped by the jaws of theclamp or clamps in both cases. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of mycombined barrel clamp and book, which consists of two arms pivotallyconnected at a to form jaws b c and handle portions 1) c. The jaws areserrated, roughened, or provided with teeth cl, so that when pressedtogether they will embed themselves in or take firm hold of anythingplaced between them-such as the chine of a barrel, for instance. The endof the jaw c is backwardly curved to form a hook, e, and the handleportions of bothjaws are provided with openings,through which thehoisting-rope can be inserted.

Heretofore barrel hooks have been employed for hoisting and liftingbarrels, casks, and the like, which consisted of a single arm with ahook-shaped end like the hook e. In some cases they have beenprovidedwith a handle which could be grasped by the hand;

but usually the arm was merely a straight rod provided with an eyethrough which the rope could be passed. In hoisting or lifting by suchhooks, whether a rope was employed or not, it was always necessary touse two hooks, and to raise the barrel in the manner as shown by Fig. 1of the drawings, from which it will be seen that the barrel was alwayssuspended in a horizontal position. This method of hoisting a barrel hasoften been found inconvenient and obj eetionable, in that two hooks werealways required, and even then a barrel open at one end, whether filledor partially empty, could not be hoisted in this way, as the contentswould be spilled out.

To overcome these objections, and still retain. all the advantages ofthe old system of hoisting, I have devised my present improvement,wherein I combine in one device the hook heretofore in use and a pair ofclamping-jaws, by means of which a barrel or cask can be kept during thehoisting operation either in an upright or a horizontal position, as maybe desired, and a barrel can be hoisted by one of my clamps, as shown byfull lines in Fig. 2. hen a barrel or cask is to be hoisted in the oldway, the chines are grasped by the hooks e of two of my clamps, whichare connected by a rope, f, which is in turn connected at about itscenter to the hook g or the hoistingrope, as shown in Fig. 1. Vhen abarrel or cask is to be hoisted while upright, or so nearly upright thatthere is no liability of the contents being spilled, one or two clampsmay be employed, the chine at one end of the barrel or cask beinggrasped by the jaws of one or both clamps, and the jaws clamped togetherto firmly seize the chine by a rope, h, or the book of the hoistingrope,which is in either case passed through the openings in the handleportions 0 b, as shown by full and dotted lines in Fig. 2.

My combined barrel clamp and book has another advantage over the oldstyle of hook for hoisting purposes in that it can be used for hoistingbags, boxes, and packages of merchandise of various kinds which have asurface which can be seized by the clampingjaws without liability ofdamage to the contents.

My combined barrel clamp and hook is simple in construction andoperation, and can be manufactured at a small initial cost, and will befound very useful for hoisting purposes.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A device for hoisting purposes, comprising the clamping-jaws b 0,having serrated, In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set my roughened,or toothed faces, and a hook, e, as hand this 15th day of October, A. D.1885. set forth.

2. A combined barrel clamp and hook for EDW ARD E. TAYLOR. q hoistingpurposes, consisting of two arms, one

of which terminates in a hook, e, pivotally \Vitnesses:

connected to form clamping jaws b c and han- JOHN ALDEESON,

dle portions 1) c, said clamping jaws having CYNTHIA B. WILDER,serrated, roughened, or toothed faces, as set PATRICK J. GALVIN. 1oforth.

